James O. Stanford,[1] commonly known asJim Stanford is aCanadianeconomist, author, and commentator. He is the founder of the Progressive Economics Forum and director of the Centre for Future Work, firstly inCanberra, Australia and in the namesake institution inVancouver, Canada since 2024. Stanford is also an author of a column for the Canadian newspaperThe Globe and Mail.[2]
Stanford obtained a BA in economics from theUniversity of Calgary in 1984, amaster's degree in economics fromCambridge University in 1986. He worked as a research economist at the Canadian Energy Research Institute from 1986 to 1989 before moving to New York City for his doctoral studies in 1990. Stanford attended theNew School for Social Research and obtained a PhD in 1995, also in economics. During this time, Stanford was a research fellow at theBrookings Institution from 1992 to 1993. In 1994, Stanford became an economist at the trade unionUnifor, where he worked until 2015 and was also the Director of Economic, Social and Sectoral Policy. Stanford became an industry professor atMcMaster University starting from 2015.[1] In 2016 Stanford relocated to Australia, where he is the founding director of the Centre for the Future of Work, a non-partisan research organization funded by the public policy think tanks,Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives andThe Australia Institute. He is also a regular contributor on economics toHuffington Post Australia.[3][4][5]
